China_Power_Plants_README

Dataset:  China Power Plants

Source:  Global Power Plant Database - World Resources Institute

Source URL:  https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase

Authors for Citation:  
LOGAN BYERS, JOHANNES FRIEDRICH, ROMAN HENNIG, AARON KRESSIG, XINYUE LI, 
COLIN MCCORMICK, LAURA MALAGUZZI VALERI

Citation:  see complete information in README.txt

Release Date:  June 2, 2021

Version extract for China:  2022

Description:

This dataset is extracted from the publicly available "Global Power Plants Database" to facilitate the analysis of power generation in China.

All credits and documentation should refer to World Resources Institute, see README.txt.

Units:  Power plants have estimated generation capacity in GigaWatt Hours.

The sample map shows the estimates for 2017.

Metadata:  README.txt contains complete metadata definitions.